diff --git a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/JvmOptionsParser.java b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/JvmOptionsParser.java
index 936d4f51b8309..dcb14dd949472 100644
--- a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/JvmOptionsParser.java
+++ b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/JvmOptionsParser.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -95,8 +94,7 @@ public static void main(final String[] args) throws InterruptedException, IOExce
 
         try {
             final List<String> jvmOptions = parser.jvmOptions(Paths.get(args[0]), System.getenv("ES_JAVA_OPTS"), substitutions);
-            final String spaceDelimitedJvmOptions = spaceDelimitJvmOptions(jvmOptions);
-            Launchers.outPrintln(spaceDelimitedJvmOptions);
+            Launchers.outPrintln(String.join(" ", jvmOptions));
         } catch (final JvmOptionsFileParserException e) {
             final String errorMessage = String.format(
                 Locale.ROOT,
@@ -340,22 +338,4 @@ static void parse(
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Delimits the specified JVM options by spaces.
-     *
-     * @param jvmOptions the JVM options
-     * @return a single-line string containing the specified JVM options in the order they appear delimited by spaces
-     */
-    static String spaceDelimitJvmOptions(final List<String> jvmOptions) {
-        final StringBuilder spaceDelimitedJvmOptionsBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-        final Iterator<String> it = jvmOptions.iterator();
-        while (it.hasNext()) {
-            spaceDelimitedJvmOptionsBuilder.append(it.next());
-            if (it.hasNext()) {
-                spaceDelimitedJvmOptionsBuilder.append(" ");
-            }
-        }
-        return spaceDelimitedJvmOptionsBuilder.toString();
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/JvmOptionsParserTests.java b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/JvmOptionsParserTests.java
index 57e63fde8b87f..953328b13c493 100644
--- a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/JvmOptionsParserTests.java
+++ b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/tools/launchers/JvmOptionsParserTests.java
@@ -246,13 +246,4 @@ public void accept(final int lineNumber, final String line) {
         assertThat(seenInvalidLines, equalTo(invalidLines));
     }
 
-    public void testSpaceDelimitedJvmOptions() {
-        assertThat(JvmOptionsParser.spaceDelimitJvmOptions(Collections.singletonList("-Xms1g")), equalTo("-Xms1g"));
-        assertThat(JvmOptionsParser.spaceDelimitJvmOptions(Arrays.asList("-Xms1g", "-Xmx1g")), equalTo("-Xms1g -Xmx1g"));
-        assertThat(
-            JvmOptionsParser.spaceDelimitJvmOptions(Arrays.asList("-Xms1g", "-Xmx1g", "-XX:+UseG1GC")),
-            equalTo("-Xms1g -Xmx1g -XX:+UseG1GC")
-        );
-    }
-
 }